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Movie Info

Irene and Klaus live with their four children on the outskirts of Rio de Janiero. Their teenage son Fernando has had a great season in handball and is offered the opportunity to play for a team in Germany. His departure is a shock to everyone in the family, but Irene has a particularly difficult time dealing with the impending separation from her oldest child.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Portuguese (Brazil)
Director:

Gustavo Pizzi
Writer:

Gustavo Pizzi
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 28, 2019
Runtime:

1h 35m

Cast & Crew

Karine Teles
Irene

Otávio Muller
Klaus

Adriana Esteves
Sônia

Konstantinos Sarris
Fernando

César Troncoso
Alan

Mateus Solano
Paçoca

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Critic Reviews for Loveling

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (1)

Loveling paints the picture of an unruly, idiosyncratic collective with tender devotion.

June 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Tomris Laffly
RogerEbert.com
Without pandering to audience sympathy, [Teles] creates an exceptionally sympathetic focal point for a story that embraces the messy tenderness of life as it's lived.

January 19, 2018 | Full Review…

Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
A warm and wonderfully universal love story that comes across surprisingly unconventional for something so familiar ...

January 19, 2018 | Full Review…

Peter Debruge
Variety
Loveling relies on the charm of its chaotic central family (an overweight son who insists on carrying a giant tuba around with him, for example) and the warmth of Teles to seduce and dazzle audiences into submission.

January 19, 2018 | Full Review…

Fionnuala Halligan
Screen International
The film stays at the same tone throughout, not needing to exaggerate situations, characters or plot. It is perfectly balanced portrayal of a normal family, just living their lives.

February 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Katie Hogan
VultureHound
A sotry of a family trying to survive. A common story. Could it bo yours. An audiovisual masterpiece. [Full review in Spanish]

December 16, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Guillem Martinez Oya
Macguffin007
"Great Brazilian melodrama. One of the best movies of the year."

August 6, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Ernesto Diezmartinez
Cine Vértigo
The film explores family roles, especially in relation to the mother figure and the erroneous social perception that the primary task of women is to take charge of household chores. [Full review in Spanish]

August 3, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Hernán Touzón
El antepenúltimo mohicano
The second film by Gustavo Pizzi and starring Karine Teles is a genuine work with a credible and empathetic interaction among all the members of its cast. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 3, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Mabel Salinas
Cine Premiere
Loveling takes the family melodrama and turns it into a contemporary story destroying cliches along the way. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 2, 2018 | Full Review…

Fernanda Solórzano
Letras Libres
Pure life. See it, you won't regret it. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 1, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Salvador Llopart
Fotogramas
Genuine tenderness. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 1, 2018 | Full Review…

Alonso Díaz de la Vega
El Universal